Anxiety and the Freeze Response (Episode 64)

Send a question or comment via text messageOnce you're better, desensitized, and living your life again, a different feeling can show up: guilt over the years you lost, the plans you canceled, the people you pushed away. This week we talk about the urge to "make it right," and wh ...  Show more

Send a question or comment via text message"I tried CBT and it didn't work" is a lot like saying "I tried food and it didn't work." CBT is a massive umbrella, and what you actually got depends heavily on which version of it you were given.This week we break down what CBT for anxi ...  Show more

What do dissociation, avoidance, and emotional shutdown all have in common? They’re connected to the “freeze” response to stress. In one of our favorite episodes to date, Dr. Rick and Forrest explore the freeze response in detail. They talk about what stress responses are, how th ...  Show more

In this episode of the Psych Central Show, hosts Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales discuss anxiety disorders, which can be debilitating on many levels and strain even the closest relationships, often due to a lack of understanding of what anxiety disorder is like. Listen as our ho ...  Show more

Here's another psycho-educational episode to help you understand what you're working with. We've heard of the fight or flight response, even the freeze response but what about the fourth response - fawn? Here psychotherapist Katie McKenna breaks down the fawn response, which incl ...  Show more

On today's episode, I dive into the part of the brain that initiates this freeze, fight, and flight response, the amygdala. This ancient part of the brain is emotional and can create fearful associations to certain situations. I dive into the reasoning behind this as well as s ...